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tents of any vehicle in a car park. This exemption extends to car parks managed by the Urban Council and no special security staff is employed by the Urban Services Department. The employment of such staff might well result in a further increase in parking charges.
It is perhaps significant that this incident, which I am told was not reported to the Police or to the Urban Services Department, is alleged to have occurred at 9 p.m. For reasons of economy, the staff at that time of the day is reduced, in the Garden Road Multi-storey Car Park, to one Clerical Assistant and three Car Park Attendants from the normal complement of one Clerical Assistant, one Shroff and seven Car Park Attendants.
It is possible for unauthorized persons to gain entry to a car park, more so in the off-hours when the staff is reduced. In any case, all car park staff are being reminded of the need to be watchful for doubtful characters and to report any suspicions immediately to the police. They are also reminded to carry out regular inspections of all floors of the car-parks which is their duty to do.
The Commissioner of Police has also been invited to consider the possibility of locating a Police Visiting Book in each multi-storey car park. This would improve surveillance to an extent which should deter potential wrongdoers. Nevertheless, I am obliged to Dr. Woo for bringing this suggestion to our attention. We will welcome any occurrence.
DR. Woo:-Mr. Chairman, two supplementary questions. Am I right in thinking that because it was not reported to the police you are not going to do anything?
MR. SALES:-Mr. Chairman, to the extent that this matter does not rest with the Urban Council, beyond taking such measures as may be possible in the future to ensure that the occasions for a recurrence would be minimized, I do not think that the Urban Council or the Urban Services Department, at this juncture, could be expected to do more than has been suggested and has been done so far.
DR. Woo:-A second supplementary question, Mr. Chairman. May I suggest that the time-table should be such that the watchman should patrol these car parks at certain hours regularly?
MR. SALES:-Mr. Chairman, that is an excellent suggestion. If the Urban Services Department has not introduced it as yet I would very much like to see that you in your capacity as Director of Urban Services should examine the possibilities of doing so.
CHAIRMAN:-I will certainly examine these possibilities, but I think Dr. Woo referred to an Urban Services watchman as though he already existed. There is no such post.
DR. Woo:-Is it possible to employ a car park watchman?
MR. SALES: Sir, in my reply earlier to-day, I suggested that the employment of any security officer as such would greatly increase the cost of running the car park which would naturally be reflected eventually in the car parking fee, and I as a regular user of the car park would not suggest that it would be acceptable to me as a member of the public.
(2) DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question:-
It was suggested at a previous Council Meeting that in order to provide a more hygienic collection service and to reduce nuisances, smells, flies, etc., arising from refuse collection stops the public should be required to wrap their rubbish. Will the Chairman please state what steps have been taken by the Urban Services Department to persuade the public to wrap their rubbish and the results of such action?
DR. A. M. S. BELL, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
Members will recollect that at the Council meeting held on the 4th April, 1967, I stated that the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee hoped to mount a campaign to urge people to wrap their rubbish in order to simplify collection, and also to make refuse collection stops cleaner. Following this, the departmental broadcasting van, and also anti-litter patrol squads equipped with loud-hailers, mounted regular anti-litter campaigns every Tuesday in Kowloon and every Friday in Hong Kong, up to the first week in June, when circumstances necessitated their temporary abandonment. The English version of the appeal made by these means is as follows:-
"Dumping of refuse is not only unhygienic but also against the law. We appeal to you therefore not to dump your refuse in the street.
Please put your household refuse in your own dustbins. Pedestrians are also requested to put their litter in the litter containers.
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tents of any vehicle in a car park. This exemption ex- tends to car parks managed by the Urban Council and no special security staff is employed by the Urban Services Department. The employment of such staff might well result in a further increase in parking charges.
It is perhaps significant that this incident, which I am told was not reported to the Police or to the Urban Services Department, is alleged to have occurred at 9 p.m. For reasons of economy, the staff at that time of the day is reduced, in the Garden Road Multi-storey Car Park, to one Clerical Assistant and three Car Park Attendants from the normal complement of one Clerical Assistant, one Shroff and seven Car Park Attendants.
It is possible for unauthorized persons to gain entry to a car park, more so in the off-hours when the staff is reduced. In any case, all car park staff are being reminded of the need to be watchful for doubtful characters and to report any suspicions immediately to the police. They are also reminded to carry out regular inspections of all floors of the car-parks which is their duty to do.
The Commissioner of Police has also been invited to consider the possibility of locating a Police Visiting Book in each multi-storey car park. This would improve surveillance to an extent which should deter potential wrongdoers. Nevertheless, I am obliged to Dr. Woo for bringing this We will welcome any occurrence to our attention. suggestion which he may wish to make to the Select Committee.
DR. Woo:-Mr. Chairman, two supplementary questions. Am I right in thinking that because it was not reported to the police you are not going to do anything?
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, to the extent that this matter does not rest with the Urban Council, beyond taking such measures as may be possible in the future to ensure that the occasions for a recurrence would be minimized, I do not think that the Urban Council or the Urban Services Department, at this juncture, could be expected to do more than has been suggested and has been done so far.
DR. Woo:-A second supplementary question, Mr. Chairman. May I suggest that the time-table should be such that the watchman should patrol these car parks at certain hours regularly?
MR. SALES: -Mr. Chairman, that is an excellent suggestion. If the Urban Services Department has not introduced it as yet I would very
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much like to see that you in your capacity as Director of Urban Services should examine the possibilities of doing so.
CHAIRMAN: -I will certainly examine these possibilities, but I think Dr. Woo referred to an Urban Services watchman as though he already existed. There is no such post.
DR. Woo:-Is it possible to employ a car park watchman?
MR. SALES: Sir, in my reply earlier to-day, I suggested that the employment of any security officer as such would greatly increase the cost of running the car park which would naturally be reflected eventu- ally in the car parking fee, and I as a regular user of the car park would not suggest that it would be acceptable to me as a member of the public.
(2) DR. P. F. Woo asked the following question :-
It was suggested at a previous Council Meeting that in order to provide a more hygienic collection service and to reduce nuisances, smells, flies, etc., arising from refuse collection stops the public should be required to wrap their rubbish. Will the Chairman please state what steps have been taken by the Urban Services Department to persuade the public to wrap their rubbish and the results of such action?
DR. A. M. S. BELL, ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE, replied as follows:
Members will recollect that at the Council meeting held on the 4th April, 1967, I stated that the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee hoped to mount a campaign to urge people to wrap their rubbish in order to sim- plify collection, and also to make refuse collection stops cleaner. Following this, the departmental broadcasting van, and also anti-litter patrol squads equipped with loud-hailers, mounted regular anti-litter campaigns every Tuesday in Kowloon and every Friday in Hong Kong, up to the first week in June, when circumstances neces- sitated their temporary abandonment. The English ver- sion of the appeal made by these means is as follows:-
"Dumping of refuse is not only unhygienic but also against the law. We appeal to you therefore not to dump your refuse in the street.
Please put your household refuse in your own dustbins. Pedes- trians are also requested to put their litter in the litter containers.
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